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I dare me
I grab my phone to open Evernote, but I decide against that; a cheshbon hanefesh needs good, old-fashioned pen and paper: tangible and indelible

By Elisheva Appel

Magazine Feature
Three months after they married, Naomi Rivkah Most’s husband was diagnosed with cancer. For the next 11 years, the couple drew on their joy, hope, and emunah

By Leah Gebber

Magazine Feature
It’s something most of us can’t stop ourselves from doing — evaluating ourselves based on what others own or accomplish. How to finally get yourself out of this negative cycle

By Elisheva Appel

Magazine Feature
Three accounts of women who made radical life changes and broke the patterns of decades… reminding us that it’s never too late to change

By Yael Klein

Family Tempo
Oh, the guilt of an only daughter. You feel bad when you’re single and making them wait. You feel bad when you’re married and leave them all alone

By Libby Berg

Windows
A message I’d heard over and over — that we don’t have forever to gather our dividends — suddenly became so real, I could touch it

By Shuli Mayer

Center Stage
“How nice! You’re so lucky!” Rina heard herself gushing. She always gushed when she was trying to mask jealousy

By Gila Arnold

The Gatekeeper's Daughter
Will Motina sign? She’s been so odd and distant lately. She won’t like me going to Vilnius if we win — not if it means her being left alone

By Esther Teichtal

EndNote
A classic that shakes the beis medrash.

By Riki Goldstein

Bricks and Ladders
Mommy laughs and then puts her mug down. “So, tell me again, eight other girls really got your backpack just because Tamara complimented you on it?”

By Ariella Schiller

Off the Couch
“I’m still strong — and I think it’s due to my chiddush”

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

Teen Fiction
Walking home that’s all I could think about. I was so inspired! I, Sara Malka Fried, would not miss this opportunity

By Rachelli Weinstein

Second Thoughts
What makes us proud and what makes us ashamed

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

5 to 9
You already have the seeds for success within you

By Moe Mernick